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Israel Encouraged
And let the peoples CIs 40:31gain new strength;
DIs 34:1; 48:16Let them come forward, then let them speak;
EIs 1:18; 43:26; 50:8Let us come together for judgment.
2 “AIs 41:25; 45:1-3; 46:11Who has aroused one from the east
He C2 Chr 36:23; Ezra 1:2delivers up nations before him
And subdues kings.
He makes them like D2 Sam 22:43dust with his sword,
As the wind-driven EIs 40:24chaff with his bow.
3 “He pursues them, passing on in safety,
By a way he had not been 1Lit goingtraversing with his feet.
Calling forth the generations from the beginning?
‘BIs 43:10; 44:6; Rev 1:8, 17; 22:13I, the Loʀᴅ, am the first, and with the last. CIs 43:13; 46:4; 48:12I am He.’ ”
5 The AIs 41:1; Ezek 26:15, 16coastlands have seen and are afraid;
The BJosh 5:1; Ps 67:7ends of the earth tremble;
They have drawn near and have come.
6 Each one helps his neighbor
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,
Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
And he fastens it with nails,
CIs 40:20; 46:7So that it will not totter.
8 “But you, Israel, AIs 42:19; 43:10; 44:1, 2, 21My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of BIs 29:22; 51:2; 63:16Abraham My C2 Chr 20:7; James 2:23friend,
And called from its BIs 43:5-7remotest parts
And said to you, ‘You are CIs 42:1; 44:1My servant,
I have DDeut 7:6; 14:2; Ps 135:4chosen you and not rejected you.
10 ‘Do not ADeut 20:1; 31:6; Josh 1:9; Ps 27:1; Is 41:13, 14; 43:2, 5; Rom 8:31fear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, surely BIs 41:14; 44:2; 49:8I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous CPs 89:13, 14right hand.’
11 “Behold, AIs 45:24all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;
BIs 17:13; 29:5, 7, 8Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
12 “AJob 20:7-9; Ps 37:35, 36; Is 17:14You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
13 “For I am the Loʀᴅ your God, AIs 42:6; 45:1who upholds your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘BIs 41:10Do not fear, I will help you.’
14 “Do not fear, you AJob 25:6; Ps 22:6worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Loʀᴅ, “1Or even your Redeemer, the Holy Oneand BIs 35:10; 43:14; 44:6, 22-24your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
AMic 4:13; Hab 3:12You will thresh the BIs 42:15; 64:1; Jer 9:10; Ezek 33:28mountains and pulverize them,
And will make the hills like chaff.
16 “You will AJer 51:2winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will BIs 25:9; 35:10; 51:3; 61:10rejoice in the Loʀᴅ,
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 “The 1Or poorafflicted and needy are seeking AIs 43:20; 44:3; 49:10; 55:1water, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, the Loʀᴅ, BIs 30:19; 65:24will answer them Myself,
As the God of Israel I CIs 42:16; 62:12will not forsake them.
18 “I will open AIs 30:25; 43:19rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make BPs 107:35; Is 35:6, 7the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.
19 “I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia and the AIs 35:1; 55:13; 60:13myrtle and the 1Or oleasterolive tree;
I will place the AIs 35:1; 55:13; 60:13juniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,
20 That AIs 40:5; 43:10they may see and recognize,
And consider and gain insight as well,
That the BJob 12:9; Is 66:14hand of the Loʀᴅ has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 “1Lit Bring nearPresent your case,” the Loʀᴅ says.
“Bring forward your strong arguments,”
The AIs 44:6King of Jacob says.
22 AIs 44:7; 45:21; 46:10Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place;
That we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;
23 AIs 42:9; 44:7, 8; 45:3; John 13:19Declare the things that are going to come afterward,
That we may know that you are gods;
Indeed, BJer 10:5do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.
And BIs 37:19; 41:29your work amounts to nothing;
He who chooses you is an CProv 3:32; 28:9abomination.
25 “I have aroused AIs 41:2; Jer 50:3one from the north, and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon rulers as upon B2 Sam 22:43; Is 10:6; Mic 7:10; Zech 10:5mortar,
Even as the potter treads clay.”
Or from former times, that we may say, “He is right!”?
Surely there was BHab 2:18, 19no one who declared,
Surely there was no one who proclaimed,
Surely there was no one who heard your words.
And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a BIs 40:9; 44:28; 52:7; Nah 1:15messenger of good news.’
28 “But AIs 50:2; 59:16; 63:5when I look, there is no one,
And there is no BIs 40:13, 14counselor 1Lit out of thoseamong them
Who, if I ask, can CIs 46:7give an answer.
29 “Behold, all of them are 1Another reading is nothingfalse;
Their AIs 2:8; 17:8; 41:24works are BIs 44:9worthless,
Their molten images are CJer 5:13wind and emptiness.
141:2 Lit foot
141:3 Lit going
B41:4 Is 43:10; 44:6; Rev 1:8, 17; 22:13
A41:5 Is 41:1; Ezek 26:15, 16
A41:8 Is 42:19; 43:10; 44:1, 2, 21
141:9 Or taken hold of
D41:9 Deut 7:6; 14:2; Ps 135:4
A41:10 Deut 20:1; 31:6; Josh 1:9; Ps 27:1; Is 41:13, 14; 43:2, 5; Rom 8:31
A41:12 Job 20:7-9; Ps 37:35, 36; Is 17:14
141:14 Or even your Redeemer, the Holy One
B41:14 Is 35:10; 43:14; 44:6, 22-24
B41:15 Is 42:15; 64:1; Jer 9:10; Ezek 33:28
B41:16 Is 25:9; 35:10; 51:3; 61:10
141:17 Or poor
A41:17 Is 43:20; 44:3; 49:10; 55:1
141:19 Or oleaster
141:21 Lit Bring near
A41:23 Is 42:9; 44:7, 8; 45:3; John 13:19
A41:24 Ps 115:8; Is 44:9; 1 Cor 8:4
141:24 Lit nothing
B41:25 2 Sam 22:43; Is 10:6; Mic 7:10; Zech 10:5
B41:27 Is 40:9; 44:28; 52:7; Nah 1:15
141:28 Lit out of those
141:29 Another reading is nothing